Treasury Starts Pay As You Go Tax Machinery
Treasury moves to collect 20 percent after exemptions from wages and salaries beginning next month. President Roosevelt signed the pay as you go bill and Internal Revenue Service orders go to collectors nationwide with forms and employer instructions. The system becomes effective July 1, but most taxpayers see the withholding changes on July 8 to July 10.
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George Cullen Washington
The
Treasury
Roosevelt
Presidential primary plan would curb smoke-filled room nominations
Senator Wheeler proposes a nationwide preferential presidential primary to bind delegates to a state choice and curb conventions picking nominees. He argues it would end backroom deals and prevent convention stampedes, though a two-thirds House approval and three-fourths state ratification would be hard to secure.
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Jack Bell Washington
Senate
Wheeler
D.mont
Montana
Philadelphia
Congress
Increased Purchase Of War Bonds For Flag Day Tribute
Washington June 8 By expanding War Bond purchases during June 8 to 14 Americans can support President Roosevelts flag day proclamation. The U S Flag Association urged an additional 100.6 million dollars in bonds to honor United Nations flags and bolster armaments for the common struggle against aggression.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States Flag Association
ELKS
B.P.O.E
Wm. R. Lunk
Fairmont
Latrobe Street
Pantelleria Surrenders After Battle in World War II
Pantelleria capitulated after nineteen days of Allied air and naval bombardment. British ships pounded Mussolini’s coastal batteries six times in ten days, while bombers targeted underground hangars and gun placements. The island's rugged terrain includes a 2700 foot volcanic peak and a single harbor at Pantelleria town.
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Associated Press
Pantelleria
Sicilian Strait
Tunisia
Sicily
Mussolini
Mediterranean
Europe
Food supply tightening seen possible
Washington reports a further tightening of civilian food supplies could occur as May weather reduced crop prospects below last year’s record output. Government seeks at least a seven percent increase over 1942, while War Food Administration head Chester Davis urged consumers to conserve food and waste nothing amid flood and drought damage.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Governo
Chester C. Davis
Davis
West Virginia Tightens Dimmed Headlights Law
Charleston June 11. West Virginia motorists must dim headlights within 500 feet of oncoming cars from half hour after sunset to half hour before sunrise. State police ready to enforce the 1943 law, with fines from $10 to $100 for violators.
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Charleston
P— Tt
West Virginia
State Police Department
Surrender of Pantelleria marks first Allied air sea victory
The War Today reports the surrender of Pantelleria after a combined air and sea bombardment. The fortress on the Mediterranean island represented a major obstacle between Sicily and the African mainland and its fall opens a path for further Allied operations. The piece notes the experiment in aerial bombardment and questions its overall effectiveness, while highlighting the strategic impact on Allied shipping and supply routes.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Pantelleria
Mediterranean
Sicily
Congress
Mussolini
Il Ducco
Six Retail Stores Face Price Control Injunctions
Six retail outlets in northern West Virginia coal towns were permanently restrained from price-control violations by orders from Circuit Judge Minter Wilson. The injunctions, granted to the OPA, include a consent decree with Monongahela Stores Inc of Pursgrove, following investigators’ living-cost checks in coal communities.
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Morgantown
West, Virginia
Minter Wilson
OPA
Monongahela Stores, Inc
Pursgrove
De Gaulle Threatens Resignation Over Dismissals
Algiers report says Gen Charles de Gaulle warned he would quit the newly formed national liberation committee unless it bans several officials tied to the Vichy regime. Names considered include Marcel Peyrouton Auguste Nogues and Pierre Boisson. Peyrouton and Nogues stepped aside as governors general in North Africa soon after the crisis began.
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Algiers
French Committee For National Libération
Charles de Gaulle
Auguste Nogues
Pierre Boisson
French West Africa
Peyrouton
Algeria
Nogues
Morocco
Boisson
Dakar
Degaulle
Gov Officials Inspect Synthetic Rubber Plant In Charleston
Gov officials visit the war born synthetic rubber plant in Charleston to review processes that convert coal, corn, natural gas and other resources into raw rubber. The itinerary included a inspection of the routine operations at the sprawling plant.
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Charleston
Erictecan
Institute
59 Injured In Richmond Bus Collision At Midnight
Fifty nine persons were listed as injured in a collision between a Greyhound bus and a city bus at a Richmond street intersection. Police and hospital reports indicated most injuries were not serious. The Virginia Electric and Power company bus on Floyd avenue struck the Greyhound coach crossing Grate street at Second. Glass splinters wounded passengers in both vehicles.
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Richmond
Greyhound
Richmond Street
Virginia Electric and Power Company
Floyd Avenue
Grate Street
Strange Tales From Attu After Battlefront Legend
At Attu, June 1 1 delayed report reflects on legends from the fight. Tales recount a wounded man led to a sniper’s target, an English speaking Japanese medic call, a grenade misfortune, a hospital ship escape, and soldiers torn boots and uniforms to stop bleeding. The piece shares odd, gripping vignettes of the struggle and survival.
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Attu Illage
Attu
Joctors
Mien
Striker Fine Provokes Miner Protests Across Fields
Washington reports a nationwide strain as government fines on miners for a recent walkout spark threats of new strikes. War Labor Board tensions over a wage boost and the UMW's stance against a 2 per day increase heighten the dispute. Interior Secretary Ickes ordered fines of 1 dollar per miner per day for five days, to charity, citing old contract terms amid stalled talks.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Labor Board
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
Interior
Ickes
U.M.W
John L. Lewis
Argentina bans coded radio messages in Axis embassies
June 11 Buenos Aires reports Argentina’s provisional government bans coded messages in international radio communications. The decree suspends Axis embassies' daily 100 word code cuts, while plain language radio remains allowed. Cable access stays with UN-linked firms.
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Argentina
United Nations
Ward
United States
Ramirez
Ult
Pedro Istration
Rio de Janeiro
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